Crucible Belonging Short Summaries
John Proctor
-Proctor is an individual who has not put a high priority on 'Belonging' in his life. The fact that he hates and distrusts Parris adds to this sense of not belonging:
“I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. (visual imagery related to hell) Take it to heart Mr Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God anymore.”
-Proctor chooses not to belong to Salem society. His sin, even when only Elizabeth knows about it, makes him uncomfortable in terms of belonging in Salem society. He says, “l cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. (metaphor) It is a fraud. I am not that man”
-Proctor doesnt' belong in his own family. At the beginning of the play his sin is still having a negative influence on his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth. Proctor says:
'Spare me! You forget nothin' and forgive nothin" Proctor uses repetition and alliteration to make his point to Elizabeth that she has not forgiven him.
-Proctor doesnt belong in the court. Danforth: 'a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between'
-ln the end Proctor belongs to his own values. As he chooses truth over lies. He makes peace with himself and decides to die rather than sign a false confession and have it hung on the church door.
Elizabeth says, 'He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!' Elizabeth's use of the personal pronoun 'his' shows she appreciates that Proctor must judge himself.
Abigail Williams
-Abigail is seventeen and therefore a 'child’ in Salem society and so the only legitimate way for her to belong is to accept this status of 'child and obey the rules.
Her exclamation to Proctor- 'How do you call me child!' shows her resentment of the status of 'child'
-Abigail 'belongs' in the sense that she finds a place, a role and power within Salem society Elizabeth immediately twigs to Abigail's real
-Proctor is an individual who has not put a high priority on 'Belonging' in his life. The fact that he hates and distrusts Parris adds to this sense of not belonging:
“I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. (visual imagery related to hell) Take it to heart Mr Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God anymore.”
-Proctor chooses not to belong to Salem society. His sin, even when only Elizabeth knows about it, makes him uncomfortable in terms of belonging in Salem society. He says, “l cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. (metaphor) It is a fraud. I am not that man”
-Proctor doesnt' belong in his own family. At the beginning of the play his sin is still having a negative influence on his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth. Proctor says:
'Spare me! You forget nothin' and forgive nothin" Proctor uses repetition and alliteration to make his point to Elizabeth that she has not forgiven him.
-Proctor doesnt belong in the court. Danforth: 'a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between'
-ln the end Proctor belongs to his own values. As he chooses truth over lies. He makes peace with himself and decides to die rather than sign a false confession and have it hung on the church door.
Elizabeth says, 'He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!' Elizabeth's use of the personal pronoun 'his' shows she appreciates that Proctor must judge himself.
Abigail Williams
-Abigail is seventeen and therefore a 'child’ in Salem society and so the only legitimate way for her to belong is to accept this status of 'child and obey the rules.
Her exclamation to Proctor- 'How do you call me child!' shows her resentment of the status of 'child'
-Abigail 'belongs' in the sense that she finds a place, a role and power within Salem society Elizabeth immediately twigs to Abigail's real